Lagostomus Brookes 1828 (viscacha)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Parent taxon: Lagostominae according to L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela 2017

See also Bennett 1833 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Lagostomus angustidens Lagostomus antiquus Lagostomus cavifrons Lagostomus compressidens Lagostomus debilis Lagostomus euplasius Lagostomus heterogenidens Lagostomus intermedius Lagostomus laminosus Lagostomus maximus Lagostomus minimus Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Lagostomus telenkechanum Lagostomus trichodactylus

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Type: Lagostomus trichodactylus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (24 collections), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Uruguay (2)

• Pliocene of Argentina (17)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (10)

• Miocene of Argentina (32), Bolivia (1)

Total: 89 collections including 106 occurrences

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